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title: "Accessibility Checker Rule Help: RPT_Blink_CSSTrigger1"
---
import "../../../styles/ToolHelp.scss"
import { CodeSnippet, Tag } from "carbon-components-react";

<div className="toolHelp">
<Row>
<Column colLg={16} colMd={8} colSm={4} className="toolHead">

### Check the `blink` value of the CSS `text-decoration` property is not used for more than than five seconds

<div id="locLevel"></div>

Do not use the `blink` value of the CSS `text-decoration` property for more than than five seconds

</Column>
</Row>
<Row>
<Column colLg={11} colMd={5} colSm={4} className="toolMain">

### Why is this important?

Blinking content can be a severe distraction, preventing some people from attending to other content. Blinking for up to 5 seconds gives time to get a user's attention, but is short enough for them to wait out the distraction before reading the page.

<div id="locSnippet"></div>

### What to do

 * Do not use the `blink` value on the CSS `text-decoration` property;
 * OR, provide a control on the Web page that allows users to stop the blinking;
 * OR, use scripts to stop the blinking after 5 seconds.

</Column>
<Column colLg={5} colMd={3} colSm={4} className="toolLeft">

### About this requirement

[IBM 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide](https://www.ibm.com/able/guidelines/ci162/pause_stop_hide.html)
[WCAG 2.1 technique G13](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/general/G13)

### Who does this affect?

 * People with attention deficit disorders
 * People with reading disabilities
 * People with intellectual disabilities
 * People with low literacy
 * People with low vision

</Column>
</Row>
</div>

export default ({ children, _frontmatter }) => (<React.Fragment>{children}</React.Fragment>)
